Florida Statute 129.07 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 129
COUNTY ANNUAL BUDGET

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129.07 Unlawful to exceed the budget.—The board of county commissioners may not expend or enter into a contract requiring expenditures in any fiscal year for more than the amount of appropriations in each fund’s budget, except as provided herein, and the total appropriations of any budget may not be exceeded, except as provided in s. 129.06. Any indebtedness contracted for any purpose against either of the funds enumerated in this chapter or for any purpose, which is chargeable to either of the funds, is null and void, and no suit may be prosecuted in any court in this state for the collection of such indebtedness. The members of the board of county commissioners voting and contracting for such indebtedness are liable for any excess indebtedness contracted for.

History.—s. 7, ch. 6814, 1915; RGS 1530; CGL 2308; s. 6, ch. 26874, 1951; s. 3, ch. 78-157; s. 9, ch. 2011-144.

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Cases Citing Statute 129.07

Total Results: 2

Metropolitan Dade County v. Maddox

242 So. 2d 165

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 22, 1970 | Docket: 1336642

Cited 1 times | Published

suit for non appropriated wages in view of section 129.07, Florida Statutes, or otherwise: therefore

Alachua County, etc. v. Clovis Watson, Jr., etc.

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 27, 2022 | Docket: 62631941

Published

in section 129.06, to which we will turn soon. § 129.07. But first, we catch a glimpse of some teeth

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